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by $4 trillion over the next decade which would stabilize our debt and our deficit in a sustainable way for the next day-to-day. jon: so what about that statement from the president, true or false? a fact check on that and a bunch of others. we'll have the answers for you coming up. jon: right now lawmakers are working on a strategy to try to keep the government running. they only have about 4-6 weeks left before the nation hits the national debt ceiling. republicans are calling for budge cuts in return for raising the debt ceiling, but president obama came out swinging during his news conference on monday claiming he's already gone a long way toward closing the budget gap. joining us now to fact check some of his statements, stephen hayes, a senior writer for the weekly standard and a fox news contributor, douglas holtz-eakin is now president of the american action forum. just as a general rule, steven, when you heard the president speaking in that news conference, was he generally being honest with the american people about the state of our finances? >> well, i would say there wer
by $4 trillion over the next decade which would stabilize our debt and our deficit in a sustainable way for the next day-to-day. jon: so what about that statement from the president, true or false? a fact check on that and a bunch of others. we'll have the answers for you coming up. jon: right now lawmakers are working on a strategy to try to keep the government running. they only have about 4-6 weeks left before the nation hits the national debt ceiling. republicans are calling for budge cuts...
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so, if the sequester is an attempt to try to deal with the deficit, why not let it go through? >> well, because sequester is a bad idea. of it is a mindless way to cut. it's not a smart way to cut defense. defense needs to take some more reductions as we go forward to get to the new reality that we are facing, but it needs to be done in a strategic way. these cuts have nothing to do with strategy. you have to look at the cuts that come from sequester and the affects they will have on our military readiness. they will have to -- you have to look at them and the affect lit have on our workforce. you have to look at them and the affects it will have on the military being able to carry out our job and to carry out the strategy. are need to have a budget. you need to have a budget that does this in a balanced way, that does this in a way that comports with our strategy, in way that is not just mindless and cuts across the board. and that's what the president has proposed, and it's going to take some compromise, only congress can do it, but that's what we need to get done now, this n
so, if the sequester is an attempt to try to deal with the deficit, why not let it go through? >> well, because sequester is a bad idea. of it is a mindless way to cut. it's not a smart way to cut defense. defense needs to take some more reductions as we go forward to get to the new reality that we are facing, but it needs to be done in a strategic way. these cuts have nothing to do with strategy. you have to look at the cuts that come from sequester and the affects they will have on our...
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jenna: doctors may have been diagnosing the wrong type of deficit? that is a question asked in an editorial in the "new york times" published by a top psychiatric specialist who says adults who experience adhd symptoms like for getfulness or paying attention may supper from chronic sleep deprivation and that may be the case in children. we have the author of that op-ed. clinical professor of psychiatry at nyu school of medicine. doc, how did you come to this? tell us about the parents. >> what i wrote about and personnal experience in my practice basically after treating adhd adults for six years now. but, to rewind a little bit and give you a little personal history i myself had symptoms of sleepiness, fatigue, attention problems and was diagnosed ultimately with a sleep disorder. jenna: took many years to do that? wasn't something, i'm not getting a good night's sleep but having -- >> there was a big long process wondering if it is worth clinical attention. many doctors didn't know how to deal with it. and that's what i find when i see patients who
jenna: doctors may have been diagnosing the wrong type of deficit? that is a question asked in an editorial in the "new york times" published by a top psychiatric specialist who says adults who experience adhd symptoms like for getfulness or paying attention may supper from chronic sleep deprivation and that may be the case in children. we have the author of that op-ed. clinical professor of psychiatry at nyu school of medicine. doc, how did you come to this? tell us about the...
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spending more money that we don't have and borrowing more from foreign be investors and running up the deficit is going to create more economic growth? i don't think so. there is a problem that we -- we have a big problem in this country. not only just in the lackluster economic growth, the poor jobs numbers, but look inside the job numbers. we've created roughly 23,000 full-time jobs thus far this year each month. we've created 93,000 part-time jobs, probably attributable in large measure to the affordable care act and the way it discourages companies from hiring workers. rick: a little lightning round, some quick questions, yes or no, if you could just answer them yes or no. anthony weiner, should he drone out of the mayor's race in new york city? >> yes. rick: christine o'donnell, should she consider another run for the be u.s. senate? >> she says she's not. rick: should she? my question for you, should she consider it? >> i think she's got a well formed opinion, and she ought to keep it. rick: can rand paul unite the republican party? >> i'm not clear yet. he's an interesting candidate. le
spending more money that we don't have and borrowing more from foreign be investors and running up the deficit is going to create more economic growth? i don't think so. there is a problem that we -- we have a big problem in this country. not only just in the lackluster economic growth, the poor jobs numbers, but look inside the job numbers. we've created roughly 23,000 full-time jobs thus far this year each month. we've created 93,000 part-time jobs, probably attributable in large measure to...
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i'm not arguing for more deficit. obviously that wouldn't be good for any of us as they continue to move up and numbers are so big how does it change things. >> that's a great point. i've come to the conclusion that the numbers are so large, jenna, $17 trillion? that is, something like 14 digits on that number and the numbers get so big we almost almost anesthetized to it but i think every american in their gut and in their head they understand a great nation that wants to be the leader of the free world and the global economic superpower can not continue to do that, jenna, if we borrow a trillion dollars year after year. you know people buying a lot of our debt are the chinese and other countries that are our competitors. jenna: a big question how that all plays out in the years to come. steve, i know you will be watching with us. appreciate the analysis as always. >> happy new year. see you soon. jon: despite that happy new year. there has been a dearth of good news lately. let's look at the big board. markets are s
i'm not arguing for more deficit. obviously that wouldn't be good for any of us as they continue to move up and numbers are so big how does it change things. >> that's a great point. i've come to the conclusion that the numbers are so large, jenna, $17 trillion? that is, something like 14 digits on that number and the numbers get so big we almost almost anesthetized to it but i think every american in their gut and in their head they understand a great nation that wants to be the leader...
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the deficit. there has probably been more pain and drama in getting there than we needed. so finishing the job shouldn't be that difficult if everybody comes to the conversation with an open mind and if we recognize that there's some things like not paying our bills that should be out of bounds. all right? i'm going to take one last question. jackie colmes. >> mr. president. >> yeah. >> i like to ask you, now that you reached the end of your first term, starting your second, about a couple of critsims. one longstanding, another more recent. the longstanding one seems to become a truism of sorts that you and your staff are too insular. that you don't socialize enough. and the second, more recent criticism that your team taking shape knit diverse, isn't as diverse as it could be or even was in terms of getting additional voices, gender, race, ethnic diversity. i would like you to address both of those. >> let me take the second one first. you know, i'm very proud in the first four years we had as di
the deficit. there has probably been more pain and drama in getting there than we needed. so finishing the job shouldn't be that difficult if everybody comes to the conversation with an open mind and if we recognize that there's some things like not paying our bills that should be out of bounds. all right? i'm going to take one last question. jackie colmes. >> mr. president. >> yeah. >> i like to ask you, now that you reached the end of your first term, starting your second,...
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the deficit's 40% lower today than it was when he took office. this notion that the democrats don't care about this, it's the republicans who have been driving up the deficit over the last generation. so give me strength. we've got -- the republicans have got to stop pretending that president obama doesn't care about these things. it's simply not true, and it's going to continue to isolate them instead of allow them to do what matt talked about, which is they've got to make their case. it's time now for paul ryan and other republicans to lay out their alternative and to fight this president better than they have. jon: he talked about green energy and how it is still a panacea. i want to play it and get a real quick thought from each of you. here we go. >> yeah, sure. >> we, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war. jon: okay. that, that was, obviously, about winding down the wars in afghanistan and iraq. um, suggesting, i guess, that those republicans who have said it's too soon to leave afgh
the deficit's 40% lower today than it was when he took office. this notion that the democrats don't care about this, it's the republicans who have been driving up the deficit over the last generation. so give me strength. we've got -- the republicans have got to stop pretending that president obama doesn't care about these things. it's simply not true, and it's going to continue to isolate them instead of allow them to do what matt talked about, which is they've got to make their case. it's...
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the taxes, the deficit, the state of the overall economy all playing big roles in this debate. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel back in action on capitol hill. what is the early reaction as folks are just coming back through the hauls there, what is -- halls there what is the reaction to the president's plan? >> reporter: folks on the left are not happy because it would tweak the way social security ben teuts are calculate -- benefits are calculated in terms of determining inflation. that is something folks on the left are promising to fight. on the other side there are conservatives who are not happy witness, they don't like the idea of increasing taxes. i interviewed a key member of the house budget committee on foxnews.com live and here is his take. >> the president is using some very careful word, he says he's going to put a pw-ld approach. he continues -- balanced approach. he continues to hammer over and over again. it's got to be balanced. what i means by that is some reduction in spending, some tax increases but it never, ever bams. >> reporter: still many
the taxes, the deficit, the state of the overall economy all playing big roles in this debate. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel back in action on capitol hill. what is the early reaction as folks are just coming back through the hauls there, what is -- halls there what is the reaction to the president's plan? >> reporter: folks on the left are not happy because it would tweak the way social security ben teuts are calculate -- benefits are calculated in terms of determining...
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the move is an attempt to reach a grand bargain on deficit reduction. will it work? we're live at the white house ahead. >> reporter: a brand-new hour. a story of a lion, there it is right there. this is the line that killed a young woman after she climbed into the cage. why would she get so close to an animal she knew could kill her? that is straight ahead. also a brazen new kind of threat from north korea, promises of a preemptive nuclear strike against the u.s. reaction from washington and around the world. plus a brand-new diet craze, don't eat these, in fact don't eat anything. stastarve yourself and the pounds will come right off. is it safe? our experts weigh n. all that and breaking news as the second hour of "happening now" starts right now. a. >> working as even intern, even though it was unpaid, she lived on the promise, they had a little trailer that the inch turns lived in. it was her dream come true working with big cats all day long, nothing but big cats. yesterda jon: yesterday she was attacked on killed by a 350 africa 350 after 350-pound african lin
the move is an attempt to reach a grand bargain on deficit reduction. will it work? we're live at the white house ahead. >> reporter: a brand-new hour. a story of a lion, there it is right there. this is the line that killed a young woman after she climbed into the cage. why would she get so close to an animal she knew could kill her? that is straight ahead. also a brazen new kind of threat from north korea, promises of a preemptive nuclear strike against the u.s. reaction from washington...
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policy advisors that really wanted to do something about the deficit and then john boehner because he could not keep his own party in line. traditionally the leadership of the house can actually whip votes to his side but boehner had a party divided in 2010 when more tea partiers took over the house of representatives. jon: but i'm not hearing anybody who seems to think that speaker boehner is in serious jeopardy of losing his speakership? >> well he is not in serious jeopardy of losing his speaker ship because you only have jon, 25 to 35 members of congress that could potentially vote against him. however you have had certain tea party organizations that wanted to do a secret ballot vote. they want to vote against boehner but don't want boehner to know who actually voted against him. when you have those types of signs from my standpoint, boehner is pretty safe but the bottom line is this, is he a strong speaker? this is going to shock you. the strongest speaker that we've had is nancy pelosi. she kept her party in line. she gave obama the majority of what he wanted, but boehner has a
policy advisors that really wanted to do something about the deficit and then john boehner because he could not keep his own party in line. traditionally the leadership of the house can actually whip votes to his side but boehner had a party divided in 2010 when more tea partiers took over the house of representatives. jon: but i'm not hearing anybody who seems to think that speaker boehner is in serious jeopardy of losing his speakership? >> well he is not in serious jeopardy of losing...
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we talk about debt and deficit a lot. according to the cbo report our debt is growing, the deficit has come down. what can you tell us about the discrepancy there? >> right. well the federal budget deficit is about half of what it was in 2009, this is the yearly federal expenditures, right stp-t budget battle in washington continues to be a philosophical debate on spending cuts versus taxes, and what the right battle should be to fix our fiscal mess. do we swallow the bitter pill now for cuts and higher taxes to purchase growth in the future or do we reign in taxes. they need to know what to do about 85 billion in spinning cuts. republicans, no surprise said spending cuts only, that's been the mantra. jenna: that's where they are. and we'll see where potentially we meet in the middle. eventually we'll have to do something. big numbers out there. lori, thank you. jon: speaking of spending cuts, big changes could be coming to your mailbox. the u.s. postal service set to scrap saturday mail delivery. but does that cash-strap
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the deficit this he year, jenna, this year, the deficit could be half of what it was the year before. that is substantial progress. jenna: interesting. a lot of bluster about the plan. interesting to your your perspective on it and the reality of it and maybe there is a lesson somehow with other programs. i still can't go for a tour the by the way. white house said no tours until a later date. i don't know. >> you asked me the question is this the best way to cut the budget? no, jenna, it is not the best way to cut the budget but it may be the only way to cut the federal budget. jenna: that is of value. we'll continue to talk about it. it will be a big story in the fall as you know, steve. we look forward to have you on to talk about it as always. >> thanks, generics you can still stand on pennsylvania avenue and look through the bars. jenna: can you but you can't schedule a tour. jon: not yet the maybe some day. >>> just in a disturbing new report that a rebranded version of al qaeda's offshoot in iraq has expanded its influence. the terror group reportedly taking advantage of all th
the deficit this he year, jenna, this year, the deficit could be half of what it was the year before. that is substantial progress. jenna: interesting. a lot of bluster about the plan. interesting to your your perspective on it and the reality of it and maybe there is a lesson somehow with other programs. i still can't go for a tour the by the way. white house said no tours until a later date. i don't know. >> you asked me the question is this the best way to cut the budget? no, jenna, it...
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jon: a new study shed some light on the long-term affects for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. what researchers discovered about some patients as they grew up to become adults. and a new fox poll showing the top three people americans think would make a good president. former secretaries of state hillary clinton and condoleezzaa rice making the list along with new jersey governor chris christie. more ahead of our latest fox polls and a lock at why the president'look at why the president's approval rating has plummeted just over the last few days. [ anouncer ] ihop in time square to compare new griddle-melts to your usual breakfast sandwich. a lot more flavor. [ anouncer ] ihop's new griddle melts... made fresh and hot! hand crafted just for you. it's like a sexy sandwich. [ anouncer ] compare new griddle melts yourself. just $4. it's like a sexy sandwich. it's an epic breakfast sandwich. if you have high cholesterol, here's some information that may be worth looking into. in a clinical trial versus lipitor, crestor got more high-risk patients' bad cholesterol to a goa
jon: a new study shed some light on the long-term affects for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. what researchers discovered about some patients as they grew up to become adults. and a new fox poll showing the top three people americans think would make a good president. former secretaries of state hillary clinton and condoleezzaa rice making the list along with new jersey governor chris christie. more ahead of our latest fox polls and a lock at why the president'look at...
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president obama pushing his agenda to the top business executives and addressing the country's deficit and efforts to grow the economy. listen. >> we have to be tight- fisted. there is waste to be
president obama pushing his agenda to the top business executives and addressing the country's deficit and efforts to grow the economy. listen. >> we have to be tight- fisted. there is waste to be
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last night mark can i raised eyebrows for ridicule for gomez's federal debt and deficit vocabulary. >> to hear mr. gomez talk about math and budget. it is not math arithmetic. it noise not as complicated as math. something you learn in grammar school. >> reporter: there is distinction between arithmetic like addition and multiplication and mathematics the science of numbers. i looked it up to make sure. no matter what you call it, when it comes to the budget when there is $17 trillion debt, the status quo doesn't work. jon: that was weird comparison. jenna: i'm looking it up now. arithmetic and math. all right. jon: i wouldn't want to take on a navy seal in any endeavor. carl cameron. >> reporter: get out the protractor and compass. jon: carl cameron in washington, thank you. jenna: it will come up somehow, somewhere we need to know the definition. we'll get on that. the senate is getting to work debating landmark immigration bill today. this has been sort of lost in all of other news we're getting out of d.c. of late. a key vote happened yesterday. it moves the measure forward. it co
last night mark can i raised eyebrows for ridicule for gomez's federal debt and deficit vocabulary. >> to hear mr. gomez talk about math and budget. it is not math arithmetic. it noise not as complicated as math. something you learn in grammar school. >> reporter: there is distinction between arithmetic like addition and multiplication and mathematics the science of numbers. i looked it up to make sure. no matter what you call it, when it comes to the budget when there is $17...
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this year's annual deficit is estimated to be $850 billion. if you like to look at it that way $85 billion in cuts would be only clearing out about 10% of this year's shortfall. jon: thank you for breaking down the numbers for us. what a country. carl cameron in washington. thank you. >> reporter: lots of red ink in it. jenna: new troubles for boeing as it now warns airlines about the next generation of 737 aircraft. we've heard a lot about this aircraft, right? this all happened, all these stories after battery meltdowns on the dreamliner jet grounded the entire fleet worldwide and now we are at another chapter in all of this. dan springer is live in seattle with more. dan. >> reporter: jenna, first the good news, it's not even close to the trouble that the 787 is facing, but boeing has put out a safety bulletin to airlines about some engine problems that have happened on the 737, next generation planes shortly after particular off. 32 times over the last five years the planes have experienced some vibrating or osculating in the engine. in on
this year's annual deficit is estimated to be $850 billion. if you like to look at it that way $85 billion in cuts would be only clearing out about 10% of this year's shortfall. jon: thank you for breaking down the numbers for us. what a country. carl cameron in washington. thank you. >> reporter: lots of red ink in it. jenna: new troubles for boeing as it now warns airlines about the next generation of 737 aircraft. we've heard a lot about this aircraft, right? this all happened, all...
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jon: we were going to cut the deficit in half in the first term were we not? >> this is true, hasn't happened obviously. jon: steven hayes from "the weekly standard." keep an eye on it for us when the deficit does get cut in half let news. >> will do, jon. jenna: coming up new push back over the president's healthcare law from a christian owned business that could face millions of dollars in fines for refusing some of its provisions. we'll tell but that story. plus a tkpwaoelg executiv google executive visiting north carolina? what does that mean? we're going to ask general keane after the break. jon: disturbing new milestone regarding the economic troubles in europe. amy kellogg live in london with is that for us. >> reporter: hi, jon, over on this side of the pond people are no longer really talking about whether countries will leave the euro zone or know despite all of the very elaborate fixes worked up to keep countries like greece from going completely under the problem of growth remains. and as long as europe is not growing then the fundamental economic
jon: we were going to cut the deficit in half in the first term were we not? >> this is true, hasn't happened obviously. jon: steven hayes from "the weekly standard." keep an eye on it for us when the deficit does get cut in half let news. >> will do, jon. jenna: coming up new push back over the president's healthcare law from a christian owned business that could face millions of dollars in fines for refusing some of its provisions. we'll tell but that story. plus a...
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. >> and i think, i think jack is a very experienced fellow on the issues of debt and deficits and budgets. and so if the president and the administration are thinking that that's where they're going to need vigorous assistance and direction early in the new administration, i think that, that then is a very good choice. >> reporter: the president is scheduled to formally nominate lew at a ceremony here at the white house at 1:30 eastern time. jenna: what kind of confirmation battle do we expect? we talk about the battles for brennan, for example, or senator hagel. what about jack lew? >> reporter: this one could be interesting as well. republicans on the hill are trying to define lew as what they call a classic big government liberal. he has always fought them on trying to get much-needed spending cuts through, something which is a bone of contention endlessly here in washington. jeff sessions says jack lew must never be secretary of treasury. he says lew gave testimony before the committee in two years ago that, in his words, were so false and outrageous, that alone should disqualify him.
. >> and i think, i think jack is a very experienced fellow on the issues of debt and deficits and budgets. and so if the president and the administration are thinking that that's where they're going to need vigorous assistance and direction early in the new administration, i think that, that then is a very good choice. >> reporter: the president is scheduled to formally nominate lew at a ceremony here at the white house at 1:30 eastern time. jenna: what kind of confirmation battle...
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americans and biggest corporations the senate thinks some of that revenue should be used to tackle the deficit and invest in the middle class, not be used just to simply tax, cut tax rates for the rich the way that the house budget did. >> reporter: now the senate did not accept the paul ryan house budget. the patty murray budget, the senate plan will probably come up to a vote 2:00 a.m. or so. uma: 2:00 a.m. regardless how votes will go won't there be need for serious negotiations? >> reporter: no question about that the house has a very different version than the senate. the house said they would balance the budget without raising taxes. the senate is doing more spending, more taxes. so our colleague greta van susteren asked house budget chair paul ryan about next steps. >> house passed the budget. the senate is passing a budget first time we've seen that in four years. that's a good thing. the question is now can we start looking for common ground? can we started a advancing toward a compromise? the way we look at this as house republicans. we understand our budget probably won't become law
americans and biggest corporations the senate thinks some of that revenue should be used to tackle the deficit and invest in the middle class, not be used just to simply tax, cut tax rates for the rich the way that the house budget did. >> reporter: now the senate did not accept the paul ryan house budget. the patty murray budget, the senate plan will probably come up to a vote 2:00 a.m. or so. uma: 2:00 a.m. regardless how votes will go won't there be need for serious negotiations?...
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when asked how our budget deficit should be reduced, a large majority, 65% of people said by cutting spending. when asked to choose between the budgets proposed by each party, most people pick the one more in line with the republican proposal. cutting spending and not raising taxes. but when asked when each party was trusted more, people say that they trust the democrats more. go figure. let's get an amp explanation from charlie hearst, economists at the washington times. so you have this. people seem to like the republican approach. they just don't like the republican label with it. why is that? >> i think a large degree, republicans have been snakepit. largely because of what we have seen over the last couple of years. republicans talking to the media, which is something the democrats have focused on more than anything else. including the ideas that republicans have gone four. voters are far more in line with those ideas. but i would actually argue that republicans least realize that there is a problem here and there is a real disconnect between washington and the rest of america.
when asked how our budget deficit should be reduced, a large majority, 65% of people said by cutting spending. when asked to choose between the budgets proposed by each party, most people pick the one more in line with the republican proposal. cutting spending and not raising taxes. but when asked when each party was trusted more, people say that they trust the democrats more. go figure. let's get an amp explanation from charlie hearst, economists at the washington times. so you have this....
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and higher gasoline taxes would reduce carbon emissions and help fix other problems like the budget deficit and traffic congestion in the u.s. it mentions a tax increase in a new global study on energy subsidies and battling climate change. the fix in the u.s. would triple gas taxes and send the price of a gallon of gas to north of $5. in a speech yesterday the imf's second in command david lip ton said, quote, the time has come for subsidy reform and carbon taxation. critics are blasting the report saying a tax increase of that magnitude would hurt economic growth and unfairly hurt lower income people who have to buy gas. consumers have mixed reviews. >> i think that it should probably be taxed and then people would find other solutions to getting around. here in d.c. we are lucky, we have public transportation. that is something the whole country needs more of. >> people have already cutback on how much they are driving. i'm not sure what business is it of the imf to say what our taxes should be. >> they say in order to avoid sharp increases in gas prices that might hurt the economy tax i
and higher gasoline taxes would reduce carbon emissions and help fix other problems like the budget deficit and traffic congestion in the u.s. it mentions a tax increase in a new global study on energy subsidies and battling climate change. the fix in the u.s. would triple gas taxes and send the price of a gallon of gas to north of $5. in a speech yesterday the imf's second in command david lip ton said, quote, the time has come for subsidy reform and carbon taxation. critics are blasting the...
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apparently concerned the president is not following through on his plans to negotiate a deficit reduction package or reforms for social security, healthcare programs, and the tax code. joining us now bob cusack, managing editor of the hill. i know, bob you are not the president's schedule keeper, but what happened? the charm offensive was big news for about a week. where did it go? >> it was, john, that's where republicans say there is no follow through that they had a very nice meal, a couple of meals actually with most senate republicans aeu tepding a republicans attending one of these dinners. we are no closer to a grand bargain. time is are running out. the nation's debt limit will be hit either in the fall or maybe the late fall and we are no closer to any type of deal. democrats say, jon, that well the president put in the social security change to change cpi and republicans just said okay, well we are not willing to compromise. the bottom line is that there will have to be a deal made at some point and the charm offensive at least to this point has not yielded a result. jon: more t
apparently concerned the president is not following through on his plans to negotiate a deficit reduction package or reforms for social security, healthcare programs, and the tax code. joining us now bob cusack, managing editor of the hill. i know, bob you are not the president's schedule keeper, but what happened? the charm offensive was big news for about a week. where did it go? >> it was, john, that's where republicans say there is no follow through that they had a very nice meal, a...
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earlier today cantor spoke about fiscal discipline, pressing the president to lead the way in deficit reduction. >> we want to see from the president how long he thinks it should take to balance a budget and how he's going to do it. you know, at the end of the day all of us are here trying to improve the prospects for a brighter future for all americans. >> reporter: while cantor is expected to talk more about the economy in a speech today, he's also likely to discuss education and health care. one capitol hill watch every says he's trying to get more people under the gop tent. >> trying to resell and remessage republican philosophy. it's not a change. it's not amending the republican agenda. thisit's not switching out their principles, but trying to put a fresh look on what their agenda is and trying to frame it as a pragmatic, useful, helpful agenda that makes your life work better. >> reporter: stoddard says cantor is one of the younger gop lawmakers trying to put forward a modern image of the party while still adhering to conservative principles. jenna? jenna: molly henneberg live
earlier today cantor spoke about fiscal discipline, pressing the president to lead the way in deficit reduction. >> we want to see from the president how long he thinks it should take to balance a budget and how he's going to do it. you know, at the end of the day all of us are here trying to improve the prospects for a brighter future for all americans. >> reporter: while cantor is expected to talk more about the economy in a speech today, he's also likely to discuss education and...
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for the american people whether it's on jobs and the economy, health care or education, reducing the deficit or addressing climate change. dennis is respected by leaders across our government. add it all up, and i think he's spent most of the past four years leading interagency meetings, hearing people out, listening to them, forging consensus. and then making sure that our policies are implemented and that everybody's held accountable. and he always holds himself accountable nurse and foremost. -- first and foremost. and it's no easy task. but through it all dennis does it with class and integrity and thoughtfulness for other people's point of views. he's the consummate public servant, he plays it straight, and that's the kind of teamwork that i want in the white house. now, time and again i've relied on dennis to help many our outreach to the american people as well including immigrant and minority communities and faith communities. dennis is a man of deep faith. he understands that in the end our policies and our programs are measured in the concrete differences that they make in the live
for the american people whether it's on jobs and the economy, health care or education, reducing the deficit or addressing climate change. dennis is respected by leaders across our government. add it all up, and i think he's spent most of the past four years leading interagency meetings, hearing people out, listening to them, forging consensus. and then making sure that our policies are implemented and that everybody's held accountable. and he always holds himself accountable nurse and...
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this is all part of a new push to make a deal to cut the deficit. this comes just one day after some republicans took to the floor forcing a vote to defund obama care as it's been referred to. the measure didn't pass but it marks the 35th time congressional republicans have tried to kill funding for the president's signature legislation, the new healthcare law. mike emanuel joins us live from capitol hill. that is an interesting scene right before the president is about to arrive on the capitol, mike, what are republicans saying about the democrats in the senate, the budget plan that exists there? >> reporter: well, jenna first about the president, they seem to welcome the president's outreach. it's unclear, though will it will produce results on the budget issue. a lot of senate republicans have been going through patti murray's budget blueprint line-by-line and are essentially saying they are disappointed in spending, it increases spending over current levels, does not address entitlements like medicare and senator republican leader mitch mcconnel
this is all part of a new push to make a deal to cut the deficit. this comes just one day after some republicans took to the floor forcing a vote to defund obama care as it's been referred to. the measure didn't pass but it marks the 35th time congressional republicans have tried to kill funding for the president's signature legislation, the new healthcare law. mike emanuel joins us live from capitol hill. that is an interesting scene right before the president is about to arrive on the...
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act because it taps social security revenue to pay for it to aeu sroeuz raising thavoid raising the deficit. republicans are very upset about. they are actually trying to wave the budget act. the second bill is a compromise border security amendment. there is a third hurdle that will require 60 votes to move forward with the angel of eight bill as amended. that will happen some time today, and they will workout a deal on amendments. reid still has work to do before he starts pointing fingers at the house where it will go next. jenna: you never know what is going to happen. the senate has gotten it to this point by july 1st. that was their goal. the battle in the house is something completely different. >> house speaker john boehner said the house could do a bill this year. he didn't guarantee it would be done soon. next week the congress is out for the fourth of july. it's going to take a while it's not necessarily going to come from a anchor of bi-partisan lawmakers in the house so there is one. conservatives and tea party oppose the senate bill. they say it's weak on security and amounts
act because it taps social security revenue to pay for it to aeu sroeuz raising thavoid raising the deficit. republicans are very upset about. they are actually trying to wave the budget act. the second bill is a compromise border security amendment. there is a third hurdle that will require 60 votes to move forward with the angel of eight bill as amended. that will happen some time today, and they will workout a deal on amendments. reid still has work to do before he starts pointing fingers at...
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we'll reduce the deficit. none of those things are coming to past and mr. klein's article, i was astonished put on page one a liberal blogger gets to depict himself as journalist. and write this really bizarre article that suggests that obamacare is being implemented effectively, as effectively as prescription part-d was. when any health care economist will tell you that is sim flip not the case. jon: karl rove, with some pretty passionate thoughts there. karl, thank you. >> you bet. thanks, jon. jenna: big news out of texas today. we have a fox news alert on it. texas governor rick perry signing some new restrictions on abortion in his state. the strong, emotional debate over this new law certainly garnered a lot of national attention. key parts of the law including the following t bans abortion after the 5th month ever pregnancy. it also restricts abortions to surgical centers. because of that, only a handful of texas's abortion clinics that exist now comply. the law goes into effect in october. he did of course sign it today, the governor, but it goes in
we'll reduce the deficit. none of those things are coming to past and mr. klein's article, i was astonished put on page one a liberal blogger gets to depict himself as journalist. and write this really bizarre article that suggests that obamacare is being implemented effectively, as effectively as prescription part-d was. when any health care economist will tell you that is sim flip not the case. jon: karl rove, with some pretty passionate thoughts there. karl, thank you. >> you bet....
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. >> the government is far larger than it ever has pw-rpbgs the deficits are larger, the debt is growing at record rates. >> reporter: government spending has gone up from an average of $88.2 billion spent every year in the 1980s to 1.48 trillion in the 1990s to 244 trillion in the first year of the 21 century. that helps to explain why the washington d.c. area, a region which has few natural resources and little manufacturing is now home to seven of the nation's ten richest counties. washington is home to the highest concentration of lawyers in the country. the average government work's compensation now stands at over $126,000 a year. >> in some ways the government is immune to the forces that face families and businesses all across the country who are having to tighten their belts, who very often are having to make due with the same amount this year that they had last year. government views itself as separate and immunity from all of that. >> reporter: the government deals with the country's problems by creating new programs. with any new program comes a food khaeufpb contractors, lobb
. >> the government is far larger than it ever has pw-rpbgs the deficits are larger, the debt is growing at record rates. >> reporter: government spending has gone up from an average of $88.2 billion spent every year in the 1980s to 1.48 trillion in the 1990s to 244 trillion in the first year of the 21 century. that helps to explain why the washington d.c. area, a region which has few natural resources and little manufacturing is now home to seven of the nation's ten richest...
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even the cbo said the bill would cut the deficit. the bottom line is, though when you have a bill of this size you're going to have some goodies in there that members of congress are going to throw in for their district. i mean why do we have $1.5 billion for youth programs? why do we have millions of dollars in there for alaska seafood processors? why do we have $100 million in this bill to promote travel? the padding in the bill is bad, the pork in the bills bad but the great thing about the house and the senate, the house can come up with its own version and no knock some of those kinks out. rick: some say if this bill gets overwhelming support in the senate and anywhere close to 70 votes which may be a little bit of an unreachable bar, but it could get close to that, up in the high 60s that that will put more pressure on the house to pass this or to pass some kind of version of immigration reform. do you buy that? what do you think happens if this gets a lot of support in the senate today, or tomorrow, whenever the vote is? >> i
even the cbo said the bill would cut the deficit. the bottom line is, though when you have a bill of this size you're going to have some goodies in there that members of congress are going to throw in for their district. i mean why do we have $1.5 billion for youth programs? why do we have millions of dollars in there for alaska seafood processors? why do we have $100 million in this bill to promote travel? the padding in the bill is bad, the pork in the bills bad but the great thing about the...
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maybe then we can have a more serious discussion about what the real problems on deficit and deficit reduction are and. you know the good thing about america is that, sometimes we get to these bottlenecks and we get stuck and, you have those these sharp partisan fights but the american people are pretty common sense and practical and eventually that common sense, practical approach wins out. and i think that's what will happen here as well. and in the meantime, just, to make the final point about the sequester, we will get through this. this is not going to be a, apocalypse i think as some people have said. it is just dumb and it is going to hurt. going to hurt individual people and going to hurt the economy overall. but, if congress comes to its senses, a week from now, a month from now, three months from now, then there's a lot of open running room there for us to grow our economy much more quickly and, advance the agenda of the american people dramatically. and so, you know, this is a, this is a temporary stop on what i believe is the long-term, outstanding prospect for american g
maybe then we can have a more serious discussion about what the real problems on deficit and deficit reduction are and. you know the good thing about america is that, sometimes we get to these bottlenecks and we get stuck and, you have those these sharp partisan fights but the american people are pretty common sense and practical and eventually that common sense, practical approach wins out. and i think that's what will happen here as well. and in the meantime, just, to make the final point...
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>> deficit reduction without increasing taxes, that's a key component of this. to make sure we just don't keep going on spending and then just -- the president says just raise taxes on americans to do it. we need to get the spending under control and each time that the president asked to raise the debt ceiling, i think it's a time to discuss the issues, the twin tidal waves coming at us of spending, of social security and medicare and come up with a reasonable solution. the reason that the united states had been downgraded with its credit rating had nothing to do with the raising of the debt ceiling vote. it has to do with the fact we don't have a sustainable plan to deal with our incredible debt. jenna: you're mentioning a lot of big issues, entitlements, deficit, debt reduction and this is all coming together because of the shutdown and the debt ceiling debate. let's talk about the mission at hand for the g.o.p. what is the goal? in the top priority for you, senator, is it defunding health care? deficit reduction? entitlement reform? what is the ultimate goal
>> deficit reduction without increasing taxes, that's a key component of this. to make sure we just don't keep going on spending and then just -- the president says just raise taxes on americans to do it. we need to get the spending under control and each time that the president asked to raise the debt ceiling, i think it's a time to discuss the issues, the twin tidal waves coming at us of spending, of social security and medicare and come up with a reasonable solution. the reason that...
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the deficit is a heck after lot bigger. we have much more in the waive obligations. this progressive idea, this liberal idea that we can buy our way to prosperity has not been born out in the economic growth and job creation numbers we've had in the last four years stphaoeu want to get your reaction to one thing he said in particular. when he was talking about the upcoming sequester, a program which he blamed on the congress that was in session in 2011, wanting to cut a trillion dollars from the budget if we couldn't come up with cuts elsewhere. listen. >> these sudden, harsh, arbitrary cuts would jeopardize our military readiness, they'd devastate priorities like education and energy and medical research. they would certainly slow our recorpsour recovery and cost us hundreds of thousands of jobs. that's why democrats, republicans, business leaders and economists have already said that these cuts, known here in washington as the sequester, are a really bad idea. >> the president would have us believe i guess that he had no role in that really bad idea. >> plea things
the deficit is a heck after lot bigger. we have much more in the waive obligations. this progressive idea, this liberal idea that we can buy our way to prosperity has not been born out in the economic growth and job creation numbers we've had in the last four years stphaoeu want to get your reaction to one thing he said in particular. when he was talking about the upcoming sequester, a program which he blamed on the congress that was in session in 2011, wanting to cut a trillion dollars from...
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we have a huge deficit problem. we have to get spending under control but we also cut taxes for the last 15 years, to the tune of 7 trillion dollars. if we're really going to deal with the deficit, i think we need to raise taxes and cut mandatory programs. we're refusing to do that. simply we're torturing discretionary portion of the budget including defense in a way that harms our country. jon: you two come from opposite sides of political fence and congressman mckeown is nodding seemingly in agreement. >> his comment on the mandatory spending. as he said, it accounts for 60% of the our budget. 50 years ago it was less than 30%. it's growing. discretionary spending has dropped the same amount. defense spending is half what it was 50 years ago. and we're at war. so what we're talking about is some huge cuts, on top of already huge cuts that were just instituting in this fiscal year. i think what we need to do is step back, take a breath and say, look, if we're going to have a balanced approach, then we better look a
we have a huge deficit problem. we have to get spending under control but we also cut taxes for the last 15 years, to the tune of 7 trillion dollars. if we're really going to deal with the deficit, i think we need to raise taxes and cut mandatory programs. we're refusing to do that. simply we're torturing discretionary portion of the budget including defense in a way that harms our country. jon: you two come from opposite sides of political fence and congressman mckeown is nodding seemingly in...
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the end of his first term, and we've seen record deficits, record spending, trillion dollar plus deficits for as long as president obama's been in office. >> reporter: a look at our or latest fox news poll from last week, we asked among other things what's your number one priority, the thing you're sort of most passionate about. dealing with government spending was number one, and yet we're hearing from the president's aides he'll be talking more tonight about investments in education, other programs. investments another word for spending, arthel. arthel: and we'll see how that goes over. ed henry, thank you very much. jon: marco rubio will give the republican response to the state of the union address. tonight will be senator rubio's chance to really shine. chief national corps 1307b9 jim angle is live in washington. the big question, jim, why senator rubio? [laughter] >> reporter: well, the answer to that question is pretty easy. there is no question that senate rubio -- who was only elected in 2010 -- is already a star in the republican party, and that's why he'll give the official res
the end of his first term, and we've seen record deficits, record spending, trillion dollar plus deficits for as long as president obama's been in office. >> reporter: a look at our or latest fox news poll from last week, we asked among other things what's your number one priority, the thing you're sort of most passionate about. dealing with government spending was number one, and yet we're hearing from the president's aides he'll be talking more tonight about investments in education,...
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the mean we have huge deb deficits, we have huge entitlement programs. jenna: we should talk about these things as completely linked. when we talk about nation building at home, we are talking about syria and iran and all these other things happening outside the borders. >> we want a word that is conducive to free trade, to american security and american values. that benefits us at home and the idea is that somehow if we pay more attention to, say, our infrastructure or pay less attention to syria, more attention to infrastructure, that's a false psychology. jenna: and at this time, there's no evidence at this moment where that is being true. we're spending a lot of time going to the congressional session where we're going to talk a lot about the debt and the deficit now being dominated by discussions of syria. i want to ask about this issue of credibility because our viewers are hearing a lot of it from the president, from senator kerry, from our senators that our credibility is completely on the line. is it? >> i totally accept the critics of the presi
the mean we have huge deb deficits, we have huge entitlement programs. jenna: we should talk about these things as completely linked. when we talk about nation building at home, we are talking about syria and iran and all these other things happening outside the borders. >> we want a word that is conducive to free trade, to american security and american values. that benefits us at home and the idea is that somehow if we pay more attention to, say, our infrastructure or pay less attention...
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nobody likes exploding deficits and overbudgeting but it doesn't necessarily translate to problems they're facing every day and how it will help them get a job and increase the size of the bank account. that is where republicans have to do much better. democrats in part because of things they push for, they have been better. when voters need health care and need more money, you're more likely to have a democrat with a policy geared accomplishing that. that is easier, when you're talking about taking thing away, i think you have to work harder to explain why that is going to help. these are the things republicans believe. if they want to be successful they have to stop complaining and work at it and try to maybe the connection. jon: you asked speaker boehner about how, you know, the role that he sees for himself in helping the party regain popularity among voters. let me read for our viewers what he responded. there is no doubt that as a party we need to do a better job of communicating and engaging with the american people. in the house we only control one half of one-third of the governme
nobody likes exploding deficits and overbudgeting but it doesn't necessarily translate to problems they're facing every day and how it will help them get a job and increase the size of the bank account. that is where republicans have to do much better. democrats in part because of things they push for, they have been better. when voters need health care and need more money, you're more likely to have a democrat with a policy geared accomplishing that. that is easier, when you're talking about...
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shows us what the monthly deficits are. arthel: so, peter, does all of this have any impact on ordinary people? >> reporter: it sure does. for example, the consumer price index report, this one, the one that is delayed, would be used to buy the government -- by the government to calculate the annual cost of living adjustments for social security checks. and so because that report is delayed, the final number for the amount that those checks will be increased for about 60 million social security recipients looks like it will be delayed as well. back to you guys. arthel: peter barnes, thank you very much. jon: well, a fox news alert now, there may be some movement over this budget stalemate on capitol hill. senate democratic leader harry reid says we are getting closer to a deal on the debt limit and reopening the government. they hope to present it to president obama at 3 p.m. eastern today when they meet at the white house with leaders of both parties and both houses of congress. that's about two and a half hours from now.
shows us what the monthly deficits are. arthel: so, peter, does all of this have any impact on ordinary people? >> reporter: it sure does. for example, the consumer price index report, this one, the one that is delayed, would be used to buy the government -- by the government to calculate the annual cost of living adjustments for social security checks. and so because that report is delayed, the final number for the amount that those checks will be increased for about 60 million social...
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controls on spending but then, moving toward the big budget issues and, so we don't have this huge deficit, continue to just eclipse itself every year, 6, 700 billion, a trillion every year. that has to stop. that is what this fight is really all about, getting government back into the box, getting the budget balanced eventually and getting our debt behind us. jon: you say that is what the fight is all about but do you think that is being lost on the american people? according to the latest polls, we have some of them for you, the latest "wall street journal" poll shows republicans are really taking a pounding. only 24% of those responding have a positive view of the republican party. 53% say they have a negative view. what do you think? >> well, it is hard to get your message out sometimes but i'll tell you what, we're fighting for the right cause and the right reason and we're negotiating. we're the ones who went to the white house finally after the president had drawn the line in the sand time and again, can't we sit down and talk about this? i don't know about you, in my married life i
controls on spending but then, moving toward the big budget issues and, so we don't have this huge deficit, continue to just eclipse itself every year, 6, 700 billion, a trillion every year. that has to stop. that is what this fight is really all about, getting government back into the box, getting the budget balanced eventually and getting our debt behind us. jon: you say that is what the fight is all about but do you think that is being lost on the american people? according to the latest...
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and they can get the deficit that has been cut in half and things are moving in the right direction and instead we go to default in both sides don't want the trigger right now the republicans are the one taking the brunt of it. >> i still don't understand how the president voted against raising the debt ceiling and doesn't want to do it now when he voted against it before. yet he wants to do it now. jon: joe trippi and charlie hurt. thank you both so much. we will be right back with more of this mess to cover up. jenna: one of our top stories now coming to agency in charge of serious chemical weapons sending a second team to bolster the mission today. the goal of dismantling the as.chemical stockpile of next eight months. we should note that the local government is supposed to be responsible for dismantling them completely. we have a former u.n. ambassador and fox news contributor. we are learning that there could be 20 chemical weapon sites and are we safer now? >> i don't think so. some of what they have already scored, the equipment that syria used in fabricating chemical weapons is
and they can get the deficit that has been cut in half and things are moving in the right direction and instead we go to default in both sides don't want the trigger right now the republicans are the one taking the brunt of it. >> i still don't understand how the president voted against raising the debt ceiling and doesn't want to do it now when he voted against it before. yet he wants to do it now. jon: joe trippi and charlie hurt. thank you both so much. we will be right back with more...
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. >> it was specially made, custom plate over the deficit in her skull which is this sort of size in the entrance. and, left-hand side of her skull. >> reporter: wow, the outspoken activist not giving up on her dreams to help others. her determination even stronger after outpouring of support she experienced following her injuries. >> because of these prayers god has given me this new life. and this is a second life. this is a new life. you want to serve. i want to serve the people. and i want every girl, every child to be educated. >> reporter: i love this little girl. malala's latest surgery restored her hearing with a cock letter implant. she will do so with a newly formed found decision, the malala fund, $10 million strong courtesy of pakistan. jon? jon: she is amazing, wow. >> reporter: so are the doctors. good for her. jon: jamie colby, thank you. jenna: new orleans was enjoying its moment in the national spotlight when suddenly the superdome plunged into darkness. the power outage putting the super bowl on hold for more than half an hour. what could cause a blackout right in t
. >> it was specially made, custom plate over the deficit in her skull which is this sort of size in the entrance. and, left-hand side of her skull. >> reporter: wow, the outspoken activist not giving up on her dreams to help others. her determination even stronger after outpouring of support she experienced following her injuries. >> because of these prayers god has given me this new life. and this is a second life. this is a new life. you want to serve. i want to serve the...